MART, Texas – On Saturday, May 6, Mart Residual Treatment Center hosted their mother/son luncheon to allow the youth to celebrate Mother’s Day. Nineteen youth and 42 family members participated in the event. Families were served a holiday meal and then participated in a worship service. At the end of the event, several boys presented poems and sang songs they dedicated to their mothers. Each youth also presented his mother/guardian with a Mother’s Day card and a rose bush they could take home and plant, signifying the beauty of their relationship and growth and blossoming of their child making changes in his life. PHOTO: A Mart youth and his mother celebrating Mother’s Day.
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